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there is believe that assad is using weapons they got from iran. is that true? and how long will you continue to support assad, given the appalling conditions, catastrophe we are all watching. at what point do you, the president of iran, say enough of this violence? >> i do believe that we must all say enough of this violence right now. six months ago i said enough of this violence. our opinion vis-a-vis the issue of syria and other nations is completely clear. we do believe that freedom, the right to choose, the right to vote, respect and justice is the fundamental right of all people. all people must obtain these rights. no one has the right to restrict a opinion and nation. but we believe as a friend of nations we must help the nations around the world to obtain these rights through peaceful paths. through peaceful actions. and we have worked hard. i am now hard at work to organize a contact group in order to bring the two sides to a point of national agreement. >> but, mr. president, do you condemn the level of violence that president assad has brought again
there is believe that assad is using weapons they got from iran. is that true? and how long will you continue to support assad, given the appalling conditions, catastrophe we are all watching. at what point do you, the president of iran, say enough of this violence? >> i do believe that we must all say enough of this violence right now. six months ago i said enough of this violence. our opinion vis-a-vis the issue of syria and other nations is completely clear. we do believe that freedom,...
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they that's referring to syria president assad and his forces . they are believed to be responsible for the slaughter of thousands of people. cnn cannot confirm this video or any of the others because syria limits journalists from entering the country. it's very hard to look at these tiny little bodies, two little brothers, and see anything other than indiscriminate slaughter. the total dead is about 14,000 and that includes men, women and little children like those two little brothers. the story is not over. just 24 hours ago we were telling you about terrible torture. a report out of syria from human rights watch releasing sketches that showed different torture methods used on syrian detainees by the government, by the syrian forces. torture including prolonged beatings, burning with acid and evening sexual assault. these are sketches, but we now have video allegedly showing one of these beatings. again, warning goes out to you now. this one even more graphic than the video we just showed you. have a look. what you are seeing right now, this is
they that's referring to syria president assad and his forces . they are believed to be responsible for the slaughter of thousands of people. cnn cannot confirm this video or any of the others because syria limits journalists from entering the country. it's very hard to look at these tiny little bodies, two little brothers, and see anything other than indiscriminate slaughter. the total dead is about 14,000 and that includes men, women and little children like those two little brothers. the...
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abundantly clear to those who support the assad regime. the days are numbered. >> meanwhile the syrian military says it is conducting live exercises and launching missiles to stay prepared for an attack from the sea. >>> a tragedy in russia that no one saw coming. in the middle of the night rain swollen rivers overflowed sending flood waters racing through the towns. at least 150 people were killed. hundreds of others have been injured and more than 12,000 people are now homeless. officials say the flood waters rushed through the towns with such force roads were ripped up and cars were pushed into the sea. and flooding is a big concern in colorado after wildfires left entire mountain sides scorched leaving no trees or ground cover to help hold back heavy rain. >> reporter: with severe weather rolls in and the threat of flooding is high -- >> can you get with urban draining -- >> reporter: the emergency operation center gets to work. >> our role in emergency management is to identify storms rolling in and get information to first responders
abundantly clear to those who support the assad regime. the days are numbered. >> meanwhile the syrian military says it is conducting live exercises and launching missiles to stay prepared for an attack from the sea. >>> a tragedy in russia that no one saw coming. in the middle of the night rain swollen rivers overflowed sending flood waters racing through the towns. at least 150 people were killed. hundreds of others have been injured and more than 12,000 people are now...
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>> i think it adds to the growing consensus that the days of assad and the assad regime are nearing an end. he is trying his best to maintain control but he is losing control on a day by day basis. >> so the defection, does that help to under score a weakening of assad's regime or hold of the country? >> it is reminiscent of the libyans who started to defect near the end of the gadhafi regime. it looks a lot like the last days of libya when so many senior libyan officials were starting to defect, as well. >> very complex situation taking place. >>> alabama governor robert bentley is setting the record straight at the national governor's convention. he mapd comments yesterday about mitt romney's financial records and said i think he ought to release everything. i believe in total transparency. if you have things to hide then you may be doing things wrong. now bentley says he comments were taken out of context. in a statement published he says this. i believe in transparency and that was the basis for my answer. there was no effort to imply that mr. romney has anything to hide. >>> the c
>> i think it adds to the growing consensus that the days of assad and the assad regime are nearing an end. he is trying his best to maintain control but he is losing control on a day by day basis. >> so the defection, does that help to under score a weakening of assad's regime or hold of the country? >> it is reminiscent of the libyans who started to defect near the end of the gadhafi regime. it looks a lot like the last days of libya when so many senior libyan officials were...
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. >> once an ally of the syrian president bashar assad, turkey flip support to the rebels. and now provides a safehane for fighters. >> -- safe haven for fighter fighters. the wail of ambulances signals more wounded rebels coming from life-saving treatment in turkey. much of the ammunition and weapons use in the rebel street to street combat comes across the same border, flowing in to syria. unverifiable amateur video shows the civil war intensifying. with rebels celebrating capture of syrian army checkpoint and commandeering armored personnel carrier. what the larger battle comes increasing death toll. estimated 200 in the past two days. the international community is reluctant to intervene militarily in the syrian civil war but the artillery exchanges between syria and turkey could easily escalate to a regional war. bringing in nato. but it may not end there. as the syrian regime enjoyed uncontinue support from russia and iran. bret? >> bret: leland vittert in our middle east newsroom. thank you. >>> up next, why is the number 716 billion so importantbe in this presidenti
. >> once an ally of the syrian president bashar assad, turkey flip support to the rebels. and now provides a safehane for fighters. >> -- safe haven for fighter fighters. the wail of ambulances signals more wounded rebels coming from life-saving treatment in turkey. much of the ammunition and weapons use in the rebel street to street combat comes across the same border, flowing in to syria. unverifiable amateur video shows the civil war intensifying. with rebels celebrating capture...
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the military is currently awaiting orders from syrian president assad. we continue tonight with former speaker of the house newt gingrich. you and i were into the fiscal cliff and the disails. we believe the country is at risk and our kids and grandkids. we sent ainsle ainsley earhardto the streets to ask people what they know about the fiscal cliff. it was a little chilling. take a look. >> what is the fiscal cliff? >> we're from new mexico out here to clean up. >> no idea. >> the cliff? how tall is it? >> i have no idea. >> where is it? >> can i google it? >> bad news. it's bad news. fiscal cliff. >>> end of the world, apparently, right. >> if you wanted to take one of these cliff bars, if you wanted to take one that tasted like the fiscal cliff. >> which one would you choose and why? the one that tastes like crap. >> we're all going to fall off the face of the earth. >> they need to fix it. that's what they're paid for. >> what happens if they don't? >> we're going to lose some money. >> it reminds me of something i learned in school, i'm going to gue
the military is currently awaiting orders from syrian president assad. we continue tonight with former speaker of the house newt gingrich. you and i were into the fiscal cliff and the disails. we believe the country is at risk and our kids and grandkids. we sent ainsle ainsley earhardto the streets to ask people what they know about the fiscal cliff. it was a little chilling. take a look. >> what is the fiscal cliff? >> we're from new mexico out here to clean up. >> no idea....
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>> there is a whole category of rebels, the prchz to a ba shall al-assad's regime and there are some more democrat cli inclined shall we say to presumably would want to have a better relationship with the united states with the west and other friendly countries in the middle east, whether saudi arabia or qatar or some of the other countries actively involved in what's going on in syria a. the great concern the obama administration has had and the reason why the u.s. has not sought to arm the rebels is because some of those rebels may be totally opposed to the united states, maybe closer to al qaeda, for example, than to the united states, so once you start arming rebels in a major way, you're not sure where those weapons are going to wind up, and that's been the big concern of the obama administration right now. how do you make sure that the weapons you provide rebels are really going to the good guys as it were as opposed to the potential bad guys and that's not an easy question to answer. >> never. in fact, we have countless examples where this has gone awry. hold the thought for a
>> there is a whole category of rebels, the prchz to a ba shall al-assad's regime and there are some more democrat cli inclined shall we say to presumably would want to have a better relationship with the united states with the west and other friendly countries in the middle east, whether saudi arabia or qatar or some of the other countries actively involved in what's going on in syria a. the great concern the obama administration has had and the reason why the u.s. has not sought to arm...
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the government of president assad responded. dozens are reported dead in douma. many more are killed if across the country, including rebel stronghold of homs. this should be a quiet area, neutral area not hit by the syrian military. on this morning it's rattled with gunfire. back and forth. it has taken its toll. images hung if tatters. people reacted. >> nothing, nothing. >> but health worker res main grounded leaving hundreds at risk. the u.n. mission is staying put. they are waiting for the weekend in geneva with kofi annan and secretary of state hillary rodham clinton. >> concern of everyone involved. [ inaudible ] the anger can't be wiped away. asked how things are, the shopkeeper has the understatement of the day. >> they are so-so, he replied. with the syrian soldiers said to be dying every day, embattled assad claims he will fight on. maybe to the finish. >>> egypt president elect mohammed morsi took an informal oath of office before tens of thousands of supporters today in tahrir square to demonstrate against the military's hold on power. morsi vowed to
the government of president assad responded. dozens are reported dead in douma. many more are killed if across the country, including rebel stronghold of homs. this should be a quiet area, neutral area not hit by the syrian military. on this morning it's rattled with gunfire. back and forth. it has taken its toll. images hung if tatters. people reacted. >> nothing, nothing. >> but health worker res main grounded leaving hundreds at risk. the u.n. mission is staying put. they are...
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these are the kids who were tortured by assad's regime. and for me, the whole reason i wrote this piece, i met a woman who was on message like a banker, but it was all about enabling the kids. and from the moment the atrocities started, which was with the torture of the kids who had done the graffiti and this torture was discovered at the end of march, from the moment this started, i was saying to myself, who's this woman i met? who only spoke about enabling the children of syria? >> maybe there's a very great irony in all of this. thank you very much, joan. we appreciate it. joan's new article about the story -- and it's worthwhile in reading. it's a minute move minute of what she saw and what happened. i enjoyed it much more than the first article. it's in "newsweek" right now. >>> the recovery of aimee copeland, the young woman we've been talking about. she won that battle with flesh eating bacteria. her father with the milestone she achieved this week is "outfront" next. man: there's a cattle guard, take a right. do you have any idea w
these are the kids who were tortured by assad's regime. and for me, the whole reason i wrote this piece, i met a woman who was on message like a banker, but it was all about enabling the kids. and from the moment the atrocities started, which was with the torture of the kids who had done the graffiti and this torture was discovered at the end of march, from the moment this started, i was saying to myself, who's this woman i met? who only spoke about enabling the children of syria? >>...
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will the fault of al assad be decided in the streets of aleppo? i'm going to talk to him about the involvement of foreign fighters in the fight now. uh-oh. [ male announcer ] when diarrhea hits, kaopectate stops it fast. powerful liquid relief speeds to the source. fast. [ male announcer ] stop the uh-oh fast with kaopectate. >>> an african-american couple forced to move their wedding from a church. after a couple congregants complained. the complainers say they aren't racist. the story when we continue. >>> welcome back. tonight syria's biggest city aleppo is a battleground. the dead include 25 people in aleppo. this video purportedly shows some of the fighting in aleppo cnn can't vouch for the authenticity of it. with what we're hearing from witnesses on the ground, it appears to be occurring. street battles raging. attack helicopters. tanks firing in the city. all of this in syria's commercial hub. 200,000 people in and around aleppo have fled the shelling. conflicting reports about who controls the city's key neighborhoods. we do know that the
will the fault of al assad be decided in the streets of aleppo? i'm going to talk to him about the involvement of foreign fighters in the fight now. uh-oh. [ male announcer ] when diarrhea hits, kaopectate stops it fast. powerful liquid relief speeds to the source. fast. [ male announcer ] stop the uh-oh fast with kaopectate. >>> an african-american couple forced to move their wedding from a church. after a couple congregants complained. the complainers say they aren't racist. the...
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the difference why this is iraq and is not libya is because assad has russia standing behind him. this is not just us dealing with a small nation state that we could knock over but we have a major nation that we don't want to have to tangle with. that would not be intelligence to create a military conflict with russia. >> another military engagement, i don't want that right now. i don't think the american people do. >> we should be honest we have no intention of going in and seyria is on its own. i wish the united states would just say that. clearly that's what they intend to do. >> the u.n. has a 90 day mandate that expires friday night. theoretically there's time to come back to the table not that anybody is optimistic about that. it hasn't expired yet. >>> moving on. how is this for an awkward transition? international turmoil, we move on to something lighter, from news on tv to news about temperature. t "madmen" leads the way with 17 nominations. the mini series "american horror story" scored up 17 nominations for itself. comedy side "modern name" will be laughing down the red
the difference why this is iraq and is not libya is because assad has russia standing behind him. this is not just us dealing with a small nation state that we could knock over but we have a major nation that we don't want to have to tangle with. that would not be intelligence to create a military conflict with russia. >> another military engagement, i don't want that right now. i don't think the american people do. >> we should be honest we have no intention of going in and seyria...
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and planning for post assad era. as if we can't do anything about it. it find it demoralizing as an american. i went back and looked at the speech president obama gave in march 2011 when he announced the mild intervention of libya, which did help to get rid of gaddafi. every reason he gave for intervening in libya is there squared, tri triply triplicate. we are talk about we hope there won't be sectarian violence later on. this is unfortunate. >> bret: but do you sense there is any appetite to intervene? >> a lot of people are calling for it. the administration is doing its best to resist. >> bret: juan? >> there is no appetite. no appetite on part of the american people. no appetite on capitol hill with the exception of john mccain, lindsey graham and senator lieberman. that is it. what you hear from people who are advocates of this we need to get involved beyond simply offering assistance, you know, that existing we have been to the rebels. but has anybody suggested we absolutely mount a multinational force which is libya? or insert american troops? i
and planning for post assad era. as if we can't do anything about it. it find it demoralizing as an american. i went back and looked at the speech president obama gave in march 2011 when he announced the mild intervention of libya, which did help to get rid of gaddafi. every reason he gave for intervening in libya is there squared, tri triply triplicate. we are talk about we hope there won't be sectarian violence later on. this is unfortunate. >> bret: but do you sense there is any...
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rebel forces are now taking the fight directly to the assad regime inside the capital damascus with a deadly explosion near the arab red crescent building and pitch battles for key airfields outside the city. >> it is clear regime forces are being grounded down and they are losing. >> president bashar assad already killed estimated 40,000 people. president obama top aids will fear the fighting take on gruesome character. >> we remained very concerned. very concerned. as the opposition advances on damascus. that the regime might very well consider the use of chemical weapons. >> indeed, the senior officials confirm that syrian technicians mixed unknown quantity of the nerve agent seron and loaded on what officials believe are breakable canisters, aerosol form to be dropped from above. in dublin, secretary of state clinton met twice with the russian foreign minister. the russian dumah leader close to vladimir putin told interfax, "we have shared and do share the opinion the existing government in syria should carry out the function time has shown that the task is beyond its strength. >>
rebel forces are now taking the fight directly to the assad regime inside the capital damascus with a deadly explosion near the arab red crescent building and pitch battles for key airfields outside the city. >> it is clear regime forces are being grounded down and they are losing. >> president bashar assad already killed estimated 40,000 people. president obama top aids will fear the fighting take on gruesome character. >> we remained very concerned. very concerned. as the...
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the problem is assad might transfer the weapons to hezbollah. hezbollah is a client of iran as it the regime in syria, so the -- or even to iran. so what you're talking about here are weapons that will be in the hands of, for example, hezbollah, who are responsible for the attack last week in bulgaria, the slaughtering of young israelis on a bus in bulgaria, whose leader declared his aim is not just construction of -- destruction of israel but the genocide of the jews in israel and this gives him the weaponry to destroy them in the hundreds of thousands. if the israelis have inkling of a transfer of weapons, israelis have teams and they will not wait for the un are or the russians or the united states. israelis will go in and either seize them or destroy them. it could be risky. these things are always risky. but there's nobody standing between a transfer of weapons into the hands of hezbollah other than the israelis. >> if are israel takes that action and steps out and tries to get its hands on the munitions, what does that do for the u.s.? for
the problem is assad might transfer the weapons to hezbollah. hezbollah is a client of iran as it the regime in syria, so the -- or even to iran. so what you're talking about here are weapons that will be in the hands of, for example, hezbollah, who are responsible for the attack last week in bulgaria, the slaughtering of young israelis on a bus in bulgaria, whose leader declared his aim is not just construction of -- destruction of israel but the genocide of the jews in israel and this gives...
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we've just gotten word, president assad speaking to his new cabinet saying we're in ste l waea what is hreferencing? >> reporter: clearly the conflict inside of his country with large chunks of his own territory that's fallen out of government control and into the hands of the rebels. swearing in a new government but keeping a lot of same faces in the positions of minister of interior and defense and the foreign minister. >> we are in state of war in every aspect and all our politics has been be concentrated on winning this war. >> reporter: he also spent a lot of time talking about the economy and the need to keep subsidies in the country. almost ignoring the fact the entire cities have been burning for months and he has a crisis with his neighbor to the northwest. this after defenses shot down a turkish military plane on friday with the turkish prime minister responding saying if they approach the turkish borders that turkey can see this as a threat and will respond in kind. the turks not illustrating what that response could be. the turks have taken this issue to the nato military a
we've just gotten word, president assad speaking to his new cabinet saying we're in ste l waea what is hreferencing? >> reporter: clearly the conflict inside of his country with large chunks of his own territory that's fallen out of government control and into the hands of the rebels. swearing in a new government but keeping a lot of same faces in the positions of minister of interior and defense and the foreign minister. >> we are in state of war in every aspect and all our...
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you've actually met president assad. tell me your impression. >> on our way to iraq we had to go -- we were asked to go and stop by to see assad. this was right after, maybe six months after president obama was elected. the whole purpose was to get assad who had the relationship with iran to work with iran to bring them into the tent so that we could work on the palestine israeli issue. we were working at that time with egypt and also with jordan. well, one of the first things he said, america i, your president said i'm the axis of evil. another sheriff. we had another conversation. he thought that was the case. his personality was such that he was low key. we talked for a long period of time. we had to say we had to go. i said to him look. you're in a position to do something in the world, to bring peace. your father is dead, your brother was killed however he was killed, and now you have that relationship. we then talked about helping his people, how this could help his people to bring peace to the area if we could bri
you've actually met president assad. tell me your impression. >> on our way to iraq we had to go -- we were asked to go and stop by to see assad. this was right after, maybe six months after president obama was elected. the whole purpose was to get assad who had the relationship with iran to work with iran to bring them into the tent so that we could work on the palestine israeli issue. we were working at that time with egypt and also with jordan. well, one of the first things he said,...
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she is saying assad will not be a part of the new government. russia is saying we are not putting conditions in this. they are basically propping up the regime. in the meantime it has been difficult to see the violence. we continue to get videos on a daily basis. it is utterly heartbreaking how really impotent the whole world diplomatic situation is absolutely impotent with it. >> until you get russia on board and you know there have been tense talks and tense relationships between secretary clinton and russia just to get them on the same page to get the countries on the same page i think an indication of how tense this is as you said with what we saw happening in turkey scrambling the f 16s in the air. >> it is a tending box. we saw a little while ago the syrians take down the turkish debt. in the meantime the turkish government has really been on hair trigger with this. today they scrambled jets to the border. turkey is part of nato. we are not there where we are talking about military intervention. as you see the diplomatic process ground to
she is saying assad will not be a part of the new government. russia is saying we are not putting conditions in this. they are basically propping up the regime. in the meantime it has been difficult to see the violence. we continue to get videos on a daily basis. it is utterly heartbreaking how really impotent the whole world diplomatic situation is absolutely impotent with it. >> until you get russia on board and you know there have been tense talks and tense relationships between...
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what is assad's endgame and what is the toll on the citizenry there in syria? >> reporter: i can give you the very latest figures from activists, groups called local coordinating committees. a few minutes ago they said that the current death toll for today alone is 137 across syria, including 11 children. 110 of those deaths are in the city of homs. we've no way of proving those figures are correct. indeed, the local activists and doctors say they can't give names because they can't identify the bodies properly because of the intense shelling. if those figures are anything like correct, it would make this almost the deadliest day so far in homs. it would mean that more than 400 people have died in that city since the siege began. at least 400 people, maybe approaching or over 500. the situation there is serious. it's replicated in other cities. there is absolutely no sign that the assault president assad and the syrian army launched against rebels, and there are armed rebels in the city of homs, no sign that that assault is over. president assad is over in his
what is assad's endgame and what is the toll on the citizenry there in syria? >> reporter: i can give you the very latest figures from activists, groups called local coordinating committees. a few minutes ago they said that the current death toll for today alone is 137 across syria, including 11 children. 110 of those deaths are in the city of homs. we've no way of proving those figures are correct. indeed, the local activists and doctors say they can't give names because they can't...
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will iran finally see the light and end the support for the assad regime. aisle ask president ahmadinejad when we return. [ male announcer ] citi turns 200 this year. in that time there've been some good days. and some difficult ones. but, through it all, we've persevered, supporting some of the biggest ideas in modern history. so why should our anniversary matter to you? because for 200 years, we've been helping ideas move from ambition to achievement. and the next great idea could be yours. ♪ tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 at schwab, we're committed to offering you tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 low-cost investment options-- tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 like our exchange traded funds, or etfs tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 which now have the lowest tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 operating expenses tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 in their respective tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 lipper categories. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 lower than spdr tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 and even lower than vanguard. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 that means with schwab, tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 your portfolio has tdd#: 1-800-
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they say the assad regime is targeting children as young as 9 years old. they're the victim of killings, maimings, arbitrary arrests, detention, torture, children used as human shields, even sexual violence. we've been seeing this for 15 months. the u.s. representative on violence says she's never seen such targeting of children. you've seen it firsthand. you saw children, correct? >> yes. it was horrifying. i saw more children than i've seen in 20 years of covering conflicts that have been wounded by this butcher, this regime. and their only crime is they're children of the revolution. >> have you ever seen that in other places? have you seen children directly targeted? at this level? >> no. in fact, it's horrifying. there's no real words to describe the type of war crimes that are taking place. al kase rerks r is just one small city, town in syria but may represent what's taking place all across the country. >> the u.n. peacekeeping chief says syria is now in full-scale civil war. do you agree? >> i think it's still an ethnic cleansing process. i don't t
they say the assad regime is targeting children as young as 9 years old. they're the victim of killings, maimings, arbitrary arrests, detention, torture, children used as human shields, even sexual violence. we've been seeing this for 15 months. the u.s. representative on violence says she's never seen such targeting of children. you've seen it firsthand. you saw children, correct? >> yes. it was horrifying. i saw more children than i've seen in 20 years of covering conflicts that have...
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how assad reacs is the open question. there have been reports about the movement of chemical weapons. unclear whether or not that means that the regime would use them, but it does raise deep concerns. his core base of military backbone is currently feeling the heat. and we're not clear what we'll do next. >> it is interesting, this latest attack obviously, the opposition knows that as a man mole ha dean points out this attack was strategic at the heart of the military and obviously could shake agassad. >> yes, the people that have been hit, the former now deceased defense minister, the deputy army chief of staff, these were the inner circle, initially appointed by as sad to lead in the putting down of this rebellion. so this was targeted with a purpose. a message to assad that his supporters are vulnerable too, and that type of pressure combined with the international condemnations, this is what the game is about now. it's about getting assad's power base to feel insecure. just today the treasury department identified rou
how assad reacs is the open question. there have been reports about the movement of chemical weapons. unclear whether or not that means that the regime would use them, but it does raise deep concerns. his core base of military backbone is currently feeling the heat. and we're not clear what we'll do next. >> it is interesting, this latest attack obviously, the opposition knows that as a man mole ha dean points out this attack was strategic at the heart of the military and obviously could...
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do you see any scenario where vladimir putin would give up on assad? >> i think so. i think so. first of all, putin trying to get some kind of legitimacy abroad. that's why he would like president obama and other western leaders just to treat him as a legitimate president. >> and to come to him for the solution to this very difficult problem. >> exactly. i'm very much disappointed that government of my country behaved so irresponsibly. that's why i think just in the near future, there could be a solution and of course, as on many other international issues, russia should play a constructive, crucial role together with the united states, being responsible for global security. same to iran this year. i wish my government of my country would behave more in a responsible manner. >> i know we don't have any more time but let me ask you quickly, do you ever worry about going back home? >> in fact, not but in my country, unfortunately today, just human rights just violated every day by people. that's why i fully support this piece of legislation would be supported, would be voted today
do you see any scenario where vladimir putin would give up on assad? >> i think so. i think so. first of all, putin trying to get some kind of legitimacy abroad. that's why he would like president obama and other western leaders just to treat him as a legitimate president. >> and to come to him for the solution to this very difficult problem. >> exactly. i'm very much disappointed that government of my country behaved so irresponsibly. that's why i think just in the near...
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assad is saying i'm staying. the opposition is saying you have to leave. we're saying he has to leave. the russians have yet to speak on this, the chinese, but they have signed on to annan's proposal. much remains to be seen. this may be a temporary break in hostilities if we have that but then unless this is resolved, at some point in time, the fighting will continue. i think what will happen, other parties will continue to fund the opposition, coming from gulf states. we are providing some intelligence and humanitarian support. the killing's going to go on until such time i think as the international community puts such sanctions on syria and iran and by the way, this is one of the problems of having iran involved, that they not be seen as brokering any kind of peace deal because that would lessen the pressure on them as far as turning to the international community saying okay, we have been peace makers here, remove some of the stringent sanctions against us. >> russia said today it's not going to send new weapons to assad but it is still sending parts
assad is saying i'm staying. the opposition is saying you have to leave. we're saying he has to leave. the russians have yet to speak on this, the chinese, but they have signed on to annan's proposal. much remains to be seen. this may be a temporary break in hostilities if we have that but then unless this is resolved, at some point in time, the fighting will continue. i think what will happen, other parties will continue to fund the opposition, coming from gulf states. we are providing some...
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this is a hard blow for the regime and a clear sign that assad's days are numbered. they attended military college together and he's fled to turkey. assad's inner circle are starting to realize that things aren't looking good for them and that the regime is looking unstable. and the group that is meeting in paris have called for broader and tougher sanctions against syria and kofi annan has also warned that they'll face a dangerous civil war if they don't end up a the disagreements that are going on. >> with regard to these e-mails that i just mentioned, what can we expect to see from these? >> yesterday they rolled out the first of more than 2.4 million e-mails. and these are sent to and from the syrian government. these e-mails, wikileaks says, will shed light on the assad regime, but also on western governments. it's a huge cache of leaked files. they'll be posted the documents over a two-month period and 25 e-mails were released yesterday. this first batch showed that a subsidiary of a major italian defense company was selling syria's police about $50 million wor
this is a hard blow for the regime and a clear sign that assad's days are numbered. they attended military college together and he's fled to turkey. assad's inner circle are starting to realize that things aren't looking good for them and that the regime is looking unstable. and the group that is meeting in paris have called for broader and tougher sanctions against syria and kofi annan has also warned that they'll face a dangerous civil war if they don't end up a the disagreements that are...
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. >> he was part of syrian president assad's brutal regime and now he's talking to cnn. >> how did assad's behavior change? >> translator: he seemed worried all day long. we rarely saw him smiling. he stared out the windows and was always anxious and tense. >> the tearian press officer give as firsthand account of what is happening inside the government. "homemade" yummy, scrumptious bars. hmm? i just wanted you to eat more fiber. chewy, oatie, gooeyness... and fraudulence. i'm in deep, babe. you certainly are. [ male announcer ] fiber one. i'm in deep, babe. you certainly are. ♪ (train horn) vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk southern. one line, infinite possibilities. if we want to improve our schools... ...what should we invest in? maybe new buildings? what about updated equipment? they can help, but recent research shows... ...nothing transforms schools like investing in advanced teacher education. let's build a strong foundation. let's invest in our teachers so they can inspire our students. let's solve this. side by side so you get the same coverage, oft
. >> he was part of syrian president assad's brutal regime and now he's talking to cnn. >> how did assad's behavior change? >> translator: he seemed worried all day long. we rarely saw him smiling. he stared out the windows and was always anxious and tense. >> the tearian press officer give as firsthand account of what is happening inside the government. "homemade" yummy, scrumptious bars. hmm? i just wanted you to eat more fiber. chewy, oatie, gooeyness... and...
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it prompted the certain warning from the president. >> i want to make it absolutely clear to assad and those under his command the world is watching. the use of chemical weapons is and would be totally unacceptable. if you make the tragic mistake of using these weapons, there will be consequences and you will be held accountable. >> jim miklaszewski joins us live. nato foreign leaders including secretary of state clinton are in brussels today expressing concerns of what we hear possibly out of syria. >> tamron, here's what triggered the concerns. the rebels are making significant gains on damascus itself, and there are fears within the obama administration that president assad may be on the verge of panicking because he looks like he's becoming desperate. over the past couple of days intelligence sources reported that somebody in the regime had told the chemical weapons corps to be prepared. at the same time there was a flurry of renewed activity at a number of the chemical wep sites in and around the damascus area indicating to u.s. officials that it appeared at least the syrians were
it prompted the certain warning from the president. >> i want to make it absolutely clear to assad and those under his command the world is watching. the use of chemical weapons is and would be totally unacceptable. if you make the tragic mistake of using these weapons, there will be consequences and you will be held accountable. >> jim miklaszewski joins us live. nato foreign leaders including secretary of state clinton are in brussels today expressing concerns of what we hear...
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we know that the assad regime will fall. the question is, how many more people have to die before that happens? >> days are numbered, andrew. days are numbered. we've heard the sound bite before. you just pointed out these are sort of, you know, empty words to president assad. >> right. >> so where does that leave us? >> well, notice that the secretary is measuring time with an hour glass and not with actually a stop watch. we had an opportunity to be straight forward about this in geneva. we didn't do that. and the answer to her question is a lot more people have to die according to washington's position in syria before there is any firmer stance. i think in the end that assad will go. i think it is going to be much longer than we thought. the problem is that yes a lot of syrians will die. that's horrific. most importantly for american security syria has one of the largest stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons in the middle east. if that, as the state devolves fan that gets loose it is a threat to our national secur
we know that the assad regime will fall. the question is, how many more people have to die before that happens? >> days are numbered, andrew. days are numbered. we've heard the sound bite before. you just pointed out these are sort of, you know, empty words to president assad. >> right. >> so where does that leave us? >> well, notice that the secretary is measuring time with an hour glass and not with actually a stop watch. we had an opportunity to be straight forward...
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first, the two masters of the assad regime. iran and russia are against it. the regime of bashir aul awes youred would be taking huge risks if it started threatening the syrian population and surrounding countries with these types of weapons. also, there's a military reason why it would not necessarily make sense for bashir al assad to use chemical weapons. this, by the way, is the kind of analysis i've seen as well in other publications. chemical weapons would be difficult to deploy against a guerrilla force. why? because they fade away when confronted. you have their mixed population as well. when you aim a warhead loaded with chemical weapons at a population, who are you really targeting? it could kill even your own supporters. we have these two main reasons. >> why do you suppose we have other countries -- germany says it's going to send in soldiers to neighboring turkey. why do you suppose there is such anxiety and such fear around that country and the possibility that that could happen? >> well, within the context of what turkey asked nato for, the patr
first, the two masters of the assad regime. iran and russia are against it. the regime of bashir aul awes youred would be taking huge risks if it started threatening the syrian population and surrounding countries with these types of weapons. also, there's a military reason why it would not necessarily make sense for bashir al assad to use chemical weapons. this, by the way, is the kind of analysis i've seen as well in other publications. chemical weapons would be difficult to deploy against a...
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could still authorize the use of force to topple assad's regime. >>> not a good number for president obama. a weak jobs report left the unemployment rate at 8.2%. that means nearly 13 million people are jobless and a large number of them have been out of work for at least six months. the news pushed the markets down. the dow finishing down 124 points. >>> needless to say, the jobs report is a big deal on the campaign trail, but as our white house correspondent dan lothian reports, it was especially bad news for president obama, who tried to turn the bad news into a rallying cry. >> reporter: president obama's battleground bus tour drove over a big speed bump when dismal jobs numbers over shadowed his message. >> it's still tough out there. >> reporter: at a rally in ohio, he didn't dwell on negative news, but talked about private sector gains. >> created 84,000 new jobs last month, and that means that overall, businesses have created 4.4 million new jobs over the past 28 months, including 500,000 new manufacturing jobs. that's a step in the right direction. [ cheers and applause ] >>
could still authorize the use of force to topple assad's regime. >>> not a good number for president obama. a weak jobs report left the unemployment rate at 8.2%. that means nearly 13 million people are jobless and a large number of them have been out of work for at least six months. the news pushed the markets down. the dow finishing down 124 points. >>> needless to say, the jobs report is a big deal on the campaign trail, but as our white house correspondent dan lothian...
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reports that children are being used by the assad regime as human shields. this is very, very outrageous, what the russians are doing. we're not going to be left with a choice if the russians continue to fuel the assad regime with helicopters and arms to murder its people that we have to get greater involvement in it. so the russians should back off now because they are escalating this conflict tremendously. >> you have been very close with the romney campaign. you're on the list, everybody says, to be considered for vice president. do you agree with romney, foreign policy advisor john bolton who wrote that we should basically tell the russians in no uncertain terms they can forget about any kind of sustained good relations with the united states as long as it continues to back assad. he continued to say we should resume full scale indeed accelerated effort to construct the limited missile defense system designed by george w. bush, announce our withdrawal from the s.t.a.r.t. treaty, that moscow and beijing think about that for awhile. it does sound if you fo
reports that children are being used by the assad regime as human shields. this is very, very outrageous, what the russians are doing. we're not going to be left with a choice if the russians continue to fuel the assad regime with helicopters and arms to murder its people that we have to get greater involvement in it. so the russians should back off now because they are escalating this conflict tremendously. >> you have been very close with the romney campaign. you're on the list,...
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a lot of people looked at that and said it essentially was propping up bashar al assad. certainly very disconcerting situation in syria, that the white house and state department watching closely. >> thank you. opening statements are now under way in the trial of a former university of virginia lacrosse player accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend. 22-year-old yeardley love was found dead in her off campus apartment back in 2010 her on again, off again george huguely was arrested and charged soon after. friends described a tul multiwhyious relationship. hug litt janet shamblyian is live in charlottesville, virginia. what is the defense here? >> we got a good look at both the prosecution and the defense from the opening argues this morning. let me take you through it. the prosecution is going for first-degree murder. they have to prove intent. to that end they pointed to an e-mail sent two nights before yeardley love died that said from george huguely top yeardly saying i should have killed you. they're using that as evidence of premeditation. i have to say there was a h
a lot of people looked at that and said it essentially was propping up bashar al assad. certainly very disconcerting situation in syria, that the white house and state department watching closely. >> thank you. opening statements are now under way in the trial of a former university of virginia lacrosse player accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend. 22-year-old yeardley love was found dead in her off campus apartment back in 2010 her on again, off again george huguely was arrested and...
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so they can't really drive out too often, anyway, assad's forces. so this could go on for a long time, unless the rebels get more significant weapons and now that they have territory and now that they're getting better organized, it's almost like they've built a pot and it wouldn't take much more to fill it and for them to become in a position where they are much stronger than they have been in the past. >> exclusive and fascinating insight. richard engel, thanks so much. we look forward to all your reporting on syria. thanks so much. >>> no, it's not a summer rerun. republicans are pressing ahead with plans to repeal the president's health care law, again. will they get more democrats to join them this time around? >>> plus, sigourney weaver's new series, coming up. [ male announcer ] research suggests the health of our cells plays a key role throughout our entire lives. ♪ one a day men's 50+ is a complete multi-vitamin designed for men's health concerns as we age. ♪ it has more of seven antioxidants to support cell health. that's one a day men
so they can't really drive out too often, anyway, assad's forces. so this could go on for a long time, unless the rebels get more significant weapons and now that they have territory and now that they're getting better organized, it's almost like they've built a pot and it wouldn't take much more to fill it and for them to become in a position where they are much stronger than they have been in the past. >> exclusive and fascinating insight. richard engel, thanks so much. we look forward...
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that indicates a situation where the eventuality of assad leaving power comes closer and closer. >> it shows the aftermath of the commercial district near the turkish board they're is one of the rebels' last stronghold. the opposition managed to set off a bomb inside the state-run tv station. in the capital city damascus. no injuries were reported. broadcasting continued uninterrupted. >> whatever target we go after we can reach. there will be more victories in the coming days. >> a state department official urged other assad loyalists to break with the bloody past and defect on their own. but critics say the obama administration should be doing more. >> what you see at risk of the conflict regionalizing, turning in to not just a syrian civil war but regional conflict much more dangerous for the interest. so it's key i think for the united states to decide how it will act and get in there and show leadership. iran is busy, too. announcing a conference for later this week. for those countries that maintain, "realistic stances on syria." bret? >> bret: james, thank you. hillary clinton m
that indicates a situation where the eventuality of assad leaving power comes closer and closer. >> it shows the aftermath of the commercial district near the turkish board they're is one of the rebels' last stronghold. the opposition managed to set off a bomb inside the state-run tv station. in the capital city damascus. no injuries were reported. broadcasting continued uninterrupted. >> whatever target we go after we can reach. there will be more victories in the coming days....
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all of this comes as assad gets an offer, leave now and you will be guaranteed safety. i'm barack obama and i approve this message. [romney singing]: oh beautiful, for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain, for purple mountains majesty, above the fruited plain, america, america, god shed his grace on thee, and crowned thy good, with brotherhood... [ male announcer ] ok, so you're no marathon man. but thanks to the htc one x from at&t, with its built in beats audio, every note sounds amazingly clear. .making it easy to get lost in the music... and, well... rio vista?!! [ male announcer ] ...lost. introducing the musically enhanced htc one x from at&t. rethink possible. consider the journey of today's athletes. their training depends on technology. and when it takes a battery, there are athletes everywhere who trust duracell. they rely on copper to go for the gold. duracell. trusted everywhere. and soon...even more reason to trust duracell. duralock power preserve. it locks in power for up to 10 years in storage. guaranteed. duralock. coming soon to every duracell batt
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. >>> plus, kofi annan tries once again but is assad listening? >>> pandemonium. four cubs learn what goes up, must come down while breaking in their new playground. how cute is that. good day. i'm andrea mitchell, live in washington today. in our daily fix, president obama tried to change the subject from friday's disappointing jobs report. now he's talking about a middle class tax cut, today calling for a one-year extension of the bush tax breaks for people earning less than $250,000 a year. chris cillizza is an msnbc contributor and managing editor of postpolitics.com. hey, chris, thanks very much. happy monday. let's talk about what the president announced today, what he is proposing. no chance he will get a vote on this any time soon. >> look, andrea, this is something that has been in the political dialogue for some time which is the debate over the extension of the bush tax cuts which are set to expire at the end of this year. the debate within the democratic party even is people $250,000 or below or people $1 million or below. there are people within the d
. >>> plus, kofi annan tries once again but is assad listening? >>> pandemonium. four cubs learn what goes up, must come down while breaking in their new playground. how cute is that. good day. i'm andrea mitchell, live in washington today. in our daily fix, president obama tried to change the subject from friday's disappointing jobs report. now he's talking about a middle class tax cut, today calling for a one-year extension of the bush tax breaks for people earning less than...
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officials say they have long been planning for the day after assad. such as training jordanian troops to provide security but for now they just hope syrian troops will keep those chemical weapons under lock and key. but how loyal assad forces remain and for how long may be a measure of the regime's desperation. u.s. military officials believe the syrian forces are losing morale, running short on supplies but for now the killing continues. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. >> barbara, thank you. i want to bring in jill dougherty from ireland where the secretary of state hillary clinton held a news conference. keep in mind, russia here, really, resisted the efforts to speed the departure of the syrian leader al assad. so jill, do we know, was syria's chemical weapons, was that discussed here in this conversation between the secretary of state and the foreign minister of russia? >> reporter: well, yes. initially. there are actually two meetings between secretary clinton and the foreign minister. and you know, russia actually does -- this is one area wher
officials say they have long been planning for the day after assad. such as training jordanian troops to provide security but for now they just hope syrian troops will keep those chemical weapons under lock and key. but how loyal assad forces remain and for how long may be a measure of the regime's desperation. u.s. military officials believe the syrian forces are losing morale, running short on supplies but for now the killing continues. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. >> barbara,...
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intelligence know right now about the president bashar al assad, personally, and what does that portend for whether he would actually use these chemical weapons or do something else crazy, unfathomable? >> well, certainly -- first, i have to caveat my answer by reminding everyone, i'm three years out of government, so what i'm expressing are my personal views based on the observation of the situation. >> sure. >> you know, bashar al assad wouldn't be president of syria if his older brother, basel, hadn't been killed in an automobile accident. this is someone who is frankly very ill prepared for the stresses of this job. he talked reform in his first couple of years, and frankly he didn't have the force of personality to bend the alawite leadership to any sense of reform course. and now we see the regime under great stress, we see his brother-in-law killed in that explosion in damascus last week. i guess i'd summarize, brooke, by saying he is badly in over his head and he doesn't know what to do, other than try to kill his way out of this situation. kill his way out of this situation aga
intelligence know right now about the president bashar al assad, personally, and what does that portend for whether he would actually use these chemical weapons or do something else crazy, unfathomable? >> well, certainly -- first, i have to caveat my answer by reminding everyone, i'm three years out of government, so what i'm expressing are my personal views based on the observation of the situation. >> sure. >> you know, bashar al assad wouldn't be president of syria if his...
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with 4300 pro-assad security forces. richard engel recently returned from syria where he witnessed the aftermath of a december 2011 massacre that left 127 dead. in a rare interview, he asked two cousins who had defected from the syrian army what happened when syrian troops rolled into town. >> translator: they started firing on us with all kinds of weapons. >> firing from above, i ask. >> translator: yes, from above. we were surrounded from every side. there was no escape. >> some tried to surrender to government forces. >> translator: about 15 people give themselves up. the troops tied their hands, lined them up, and killed them. >> this cell phone video recorded by villagers shows bodies on the valley floor. some appear to be bound, shot execution style. then hasan and rawan say syrian troops climbed down into the valley to finish off any survivors. >> richard engel is joining me right is joining me now. thank you for being here. how common are massacres like that that you just reported on? >> i can give you the latest
with 4300 pro-assad security forces. richard engel recently returned from syria where he witnessed the aftermath of a december 2011 massacre that left 127 dead. in a rare interview, he asked two cousins who had defected from the syrian army what happened when syrian troops rolled into town. >> translator: they started firing on us with all kinds of weapons. >> firing from above, i ask. >> translator: yes, from above. we were surrounded from every side. there was no escape....
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a summit on syria in paris today, secretary of state hillary clinton blames russia for propping up assad. we'll talk to nbc's richard engel, who has just come out of a secret trip inside syria. >>> and hello, dolly. the dalai lama is 77. namaste to him. >>> and george bush turns 76. he's on a trip to africa with mrs. bush. a very special happy birthday to nancy reagan, who had a mickey and minnie moment at the reagan library as her ronnie would say for the 52nd anniversary of her 39th birthday. >>> good day. happy birthday to all. i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. in our daily fix, the economy. we've created only 80,000 new jobs in june, net jobs, almost enough to keep up with the population growth. not enough to help the 13 million people who remain without work. the stubborn jobless rate stuck at 8.2%, creates political headwinds against the president's re-election campaign. chris cillizza is an msnbc contributor and managing editor of postpolitics.com and joins us. this news is not good news for the president. he's in ohio in the crucial state of ohio, but he tried to put a posi
a summit on syria in paris today, secretary of state hillary clinton blames russia for propping up assad. we'll talk to nbc's richard engel, who has just come out of a secret trip inside syria. >>> and hello, dolly. the dalai lama is 77. namaste to him. >>> and george bush turns 76. he's on a trip to africa with mrs. bush. a very special happy birthday to nancy reagan, who had a mickey and minnie moment at the reagan library as her ronnie would say for the 52nd anniversary of...
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people think assad should go. there is a humanitarian crisis. that's unfurl. getting worse by the day. what do you do? is the national instinct of an american president, if you were there right now, would you be saying, enough, we've got to get in there? and take this guy out? >> piers, again, given the fact i'm on foreign soil, i really am not going to delve into foreign policy prescriptions that would interfere with the foreign policy of our current president. we all watch with horror at the reports that are coming from syria and look for the best avenues to prevent that from occurring. but i -- as to my own views, that's just -- >> i understand that tradition. when we come back, inside the romney family and in particular inside their rather unique olympics. ♪ ♪ i want to go ♪ i want to win [ breathes deeply ] ♪ this is where the dream begins ♪ ♪ i want to grow ♪ i want to try ♪ i can almost touch the sky [ male announcer ] even the planet has an olympic dream. dow is proud to support that dream by helping provide greener, more sustainable so
people think assad should go. there is a humanitarian crisis. that's unfurl. getting worse by the day. what do you do? is the national instinct of an american president, if you were there right now, would you be saying, enough, we've got to get in there? and take this guy out? >> piers, again, given the fact i'm on foreign soil, i really am not going to delve into foreign policy prescriptions that would interfere with the foreign policy of our current president. we all watch with horror...
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. >>> to syria where the opposition says president assad's forces executed ten young men in homs. >> is in the city of aleppo a fierce battle. rebels are facing tanks, artillery and sniper fire in some areas and fighting to hold their ground against regime troops. at least 100 people have been killed around the country today alone. >>> people from congressman paul ryan's hometown are weighing in on his selection at mitt romney's running mate. republicans and democrats agree on one potential problem. esent. it's the priceline negotiator. >>what? >>sorry. he wants you to know about priceline's new express deals. it's a faster way to get a great hotel deal without bidding. pick one with a pool, a gym, a great guest rating. >>and save big. >>thanks negotiator. wherever you are. ya, no. he's over here. >>in the refrigerator? high up in the atlas mountains of morocco. have you seen this road we're going down? ♪ there is no relief for the brakes. we'll put them to the test today. all right, let's move out! [ ross ] we're pushing the ats brakes to the limit. going as fast as we can down th
. >>> to syria where the opposition says president assad's forces executed ten young men in homs. >> is in the city of aleppo a fierce battle. rebels are facing tanks, artillery and sniper fire in some areas and fighting to hold their ground against regime troops. at least 100 people have been killed around the country today alone. >>> people from congressman paul ryan's hometown are weighing in on his selection at mitt romney's running mate. republicans and democrats...
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or the fear, the rumor, that president assad might use chemical weapons against his own people, and we know, of course, saddam hussein do that against the kurds. what is the president saying about the prospect of that? >> reporter: well, some tough talk just a few minutes ago. president obama saying that if, in fact, the administration receives serious evidence that syria is, in fact, using chemical weapons, moving chemical weapons, that that would be a red line for this administration. now, we pressed white house press secretary jay carney on this point earlier and said, what specifically does a red line mean and what would the consequences be? the administration being fairly tight-lipped about that, but president obama just a few minutes ago saying the world is watching, and essentially that this administration will not tolerate that type of behavior from syria. >> indeed, a busy afternoon. thanks so much, kristin. kristin welker at the white house and we'll be right back. you ever notice that some people just have a knack for giving the perfect gift? they put real thought into it
or the fear, the rumor, that president assad might use chemical weapons against his own people, and we know, of course, saddam hussein do that against the kurds. what is the president saying about the prospect of that? >> reporter: well, some tough talk just a few minutes ago. president obama saying that if, in fact, the administration receives serious evidence that syria is, in fact, using chemical weapons, moving chemical weapons, that that would be a red line for this administration....
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that is after now confirmed reports emerging from syria that forces loyal to president bashir al assad are preparing bombs with chemical weapons. syrian soldiers fighting with rebels for control over the outskirts of damascus. now, witnesses tell cnn that 30 people were killed today in street battles across syria. we're also learning about a car bombing in the city of homs and a horrible, horrible discovery. dozens of bodies believed to be victims of a massacre. the same time rebel fighters, they are taking on syrian forces literally house to house in the country's largest city. that is aleppo, and that is where we find our arwa damon today. >> reporter: for two months the streets here have been a war zone. part of a bigger battle for control of aleppo, syria's largest city. this father of four is one of the rebel fighters here. this is our country, our homes that are being destroyed, he tells us. he used to sell thread. now he runs logistics for his unit. so what he is explaining to us is that this was street to street fighting, and it took his unit quite some time to advance and righ
that is after now confirmed reports emerging from syria that forces loyal to president bashir al assad are preparing bombs with chemical weapons. syrian soldiers fighting with rebels for control over the outskirts of damascus. now, witnesses tell cnn that 30 people were killed today in street battles across syria. we're also learning about a car bombing in the city of homs and a horrible, horrible discovery. dozens of bodies believed to be victims of a massacre. the same time rebel fighters,...